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Peer reviewedSchneirov, Richard – OAH Magazine of History, 1999
Highlights the events of the 1894 Pullman strike and boycott that pitted the American Railway Union against the combined forces of the federal government, railroad companies, and the Pullman Sleeping Car Company. States that the Pullman strike was a devastating setback for industrial unionism, but is the most well-known of all U.S. strikes. (CMK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consciousness Raising, Government Role, Labor Demands
